Election 2016: Iowa winnows the candidates

What the Iowa caucuses determined is that neither Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton nor any other candidate is a sure thing for their party’s Presidential nomination.

Here are preliminary vote and delegate counts.

Republicans

Ted Cruz, 28 percent, eight delegates

Donald Trump, 24 percent, seven delegates

Marco Rubio, 23 percent, seven delegates

Ben Carson, 9 percent, three delegates

Rand Paul and Jeb Bush, one delegate each

Democrats

Hillary Clinton, 50 percent, 22 delegates

Bernie Sanders, 50 percent, 21 delegates

Iowans winnowed the field to five candidates — Cruz, Trump and Rubio among the Republicans, Clinton and Sanders among the Democrats. And they made Marco Rubio rather than Jeb Bush, Chris Christie or John Kasich the candidate of the Republican and conservative establishment.

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